Fun Cup Cake Decorating Ideas
Fun cupcake decorating ideas have inspired entire magazines and books. Frosting, icing, candies and fruit can combine to create amazing cupcake designs. The most elaborate decorations include fondant and/or marzipan. Fondant is a thick and versatile sugar/gelatin/cream paste useful for sculpting, molding, rolling and many other techniques. Marzipan is a firm sugar and almond confection useful for sculpting and molding techniques. Does this Spark an idea?
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Clown Face Cupcake
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Golden vanilla cupcakes in red cupcake papers provide the basic dessert. Smooth white frosting covers the cupcake to create a round face. Green frosting swirls form the clown hair, black icing forms each eye and black icing dots form each pupil. An orange frosting circle decorates one eye and a blue triangle decorates the other. A cherry provides the clown's nose and a red licorice strip provides a grinning mouth.
Flower Cupcake
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Chocolate cupcakes in green cupcake papers provide the basic earthy dessert. Spiky green frosting covers the cupcakes to provide a grassy field appearance. Five, red, teardrop-shaped fondant pieces form a large flower on each cupcake. A butterscotch hard candy provides a golden center for the flower.
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Monster Face Cupcake
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Create a crazy monster face on each cupcake for a fun Halloween dessert. Red velvet cupcakes in green cupcake papers provide the basic treats. Smooth green frosting covers each cupcake to provide the monster's skin. Two molded marzipan eyeballs on the upper part of the cupcake top provide small eyes and two black icing dots provide nostrils. Red icing forms a snarling mouth. Two candy corns provide fangs and a flattened red gumdrop provides a tongue.
Octopus Cupcake
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Add a little undersea style to your cupcakes and decorate each one to resemble a mini octopus. Lemon cupcakes in orange cupcake papers provide the basic sweets. Four gummy worms cut in half provide eight arms for each octopus. Swirled orange frosting covers the cupcake to create the octopus body and secure each leg. Black frosting dots form two eyes on the octopus body. Shape pieces of gummy worms to use as the suction cups on the body.
Wormy Apple Cupcake
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Thrill kids and disgust adults with cupcakes decorated using a wormy apple theme. Apple and cinnamon cupcakes in red cupcake papers form the basic dessert. Smooth red fondant covers the top of the cupcake for a rounded apple appearance. A small pretzel stick provides the apple stem and green fondant shapes provide the leaves. Half of a gummy worm sticks from the top left of the treat and the other half sticks from the top right to create the look of a long worm passing through the apple.
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